What is the 'exercise prescription' for patients with knee osteoarthritis?

摘要

Objective: To compare the effects on pain and knee function of high- and low-resistance exercise training for adults older than 50 years, with osteoarthritis. Design: Randomized, controlled, 3-arm trial of 8 weeks duration, with 80% power to show a clinically meaningful difference in muscle strength of 10 Newton-meters with alpha = 0.05. Setting: Department of orthopedics, National Taiwan University Hospital, between January 2004 and June 2005.